Juvenile, Makai Pier, Oahu, 8 feet

Male, Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

Male, Keauhou, Hawaii, 30 feet

Spawning, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet

Female, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

Male, Sea Tiger, Oahu 120 feet

Cleaning 'opelu, 100-foot Hole, Oahu

Shadowing goatfish, Pu'u Olai, Maui, 40 feet

Female, Makaha, Oahu, 15 feet

Feeding on fish eggs, Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

Spawning, Honokohau, Hawaii, 45 feet

Perhaps the most common fish on shallow Hawaiian reefs.  Juveniles are striped brown, black and white, gradually assuming the tri-colored adult pattern.  Supermales have a diffuse white streak behind the orange saddle.  Feeds opportunistically on invertebrates, fish eggs, and algae.  Spawning aggregations may be observed on spring and summer afternoons as the tide falls during a new moon, with males herding a group of females until they all dart rapidly upward, releasing eggs and sperm at the peak before descending.  Attains 10 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i.  May produce hybrids with Sunset or Fivestripe Wrasses.